Minturn train wreck

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"Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler." - Salida Regional Library. This image was taken by Bob Pierce. The two images are the same, with some cropping having occurred in both images.

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Title: Minturn train wreck
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Subject: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Railroad accidents, Minturn, Colorado
Description: "Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler." - Salida Regional Library. This image was taken by Bob Pierce. The two images are the same, with some cropping having occurred in both images.
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Date: 1923-
Type: Image
Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in Print, Photographic original
Identifier: evld:16449, : 2020.008.077a-b
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization:760Eagle County Historical SocietyCopyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Eagle County Historical Society, Eagle Public Library.English

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